If Walter T. Varney was not obscure enough for you, here, perhaps, is air flight’s oddest character, Alfred W. Lawson.
Alfred William Lawson was a man of many hats. His life would see him transition from working class boy to hobo to baseball player and manager, from aviation enthusiast to aviation engineer, from economist to [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 7, 2009
The Little Aviator That Could
Few know of Walter Thomas Varney or his contribution to modern air travel. The man who would later be credited with founding two major airlines started small. Born a day after Christmas, 1888, Varney would go to fly for the U. S. Signal Corps during the first World War. After the war, [...]
July 2, 2009
Hello, My Name is Stagger Lee
The above is an adorable music video for Lloyd Price’s “Stagger Lee,” that puts the fun back into back alley gambling and murder.
In 1959, Lloyd Price turned a traditional folk and blues song into a major hit for himself. His song, “Stagger Lee” (later to be ranked by Rolling Stone [...]
